The Arsenal Blog

The centre of midfield for OX?

Arsenal star and England International Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has told the media that although he wishes to play in his favoured midfield position, he is happy to play anywhere on the pitch to help out the team.

Chamberlain stated; “It’s not really for me to say (where I play) at this stage. I need to make sure, whether I’m asked to play in the middle or out wide, that I put in good performances and develop my game so I can be called up in different positions. I grew up as a more natural midfielder, so whenever I get the opportunity to come on in midfield I try to do so and I’m happy and excited to show that I’ve got some attributes in midfield.”  ...........Read more

Every single day Arsenal are linked to a new player and in most circumstances it seems that a lot of these players have absolutely no reason to be linked with the club and today is no different. It’s being reported today that Arsenal are interested in Odil Ahmedov from Anzhi Makhachkala.

Who is that you ask? Exactly. Just like a lot of fans I’m getting tired of these ridiculous transfer rumours surrounding the club. I personally never get too excited about any possible deals mentioned until I see it reported by the BBC or Sky Sports and even then I’m not 100% confident because we all know from personal experience that anything can happen until the moment it’s announced on Arsenal.com. But back to this latest rumour and the quotes on Arsenal’s interest actually come from the player himself.  ...........Read more

Olivier Giroud came through his first season as an Arsenal player relatively unscathed. Despite a tough start when his nerves were getting the better of him and a few bad misses in front of goal had knocked his confidence, causing the Arsenal fans to start thinking we had another flop from France on our hands, he improved and showed signs that we could actually have a great player.  ...........Read more

All the transfer action at Arsenal has been one way so far, and that has been out of the exit door. We have already heard this week the the Gunners have accepted offers from five clubs for the Danish international Nicklas Bendtner, who we could actually get a few million pounds for. He could soon be joined on his way out of Arsenal by Gervinho, apparently.  ...........Read more

Freddie Ljungburg is an Arsenal legend who played an important role alongside arguably some of Arsenal’s greatest ever players and won numerous trophies under Arsene Wenger’s reign. Almost 10 years on from our invincible season, the same manager remains but not the same ambitions, club and mentality. The club has admittedly gone into a decline from what we knew as Arsenal’s past glories, but Ljungburg believes the club will regain silverware and its winning mentality next season.  ...........Read more

The stories in the media today about Marouane Fellaini are quite baffling and also extremely frustrating for Arsenal fans. We are desperate for some good quality signings this summer, agreed, but most fans will agree that we shouldn’t go mad and spend silly money, especially on players who might turn out to be not much better than we already have.  ...........Read more

Oliver Giroud has stated he will be looking to improve on his goal scoring tally in what has arguably been a difficult first season with Arsenal for the Frenchman. Giroud scored a total of 17 goals last term which statistically is better than the likes of Thierry Henry and Dider Drogba’s respective first seasons in English football however I must point out they were much younger than 26 year old Giroud and so they really shouldn’t be compared in any way.  ...........Read more

There are stories in the media about Arsenal having made enquiries to Benfica about the Paraguayan international defender Lorenzo Antonio Melgarejo Sanabria. I will call him Melgarejo for the rest of this article, but what concerns me more than the length of his name is that he is the second left back that has been linked with a possible summer transfer to Arsenal in the last week.

We heard about a possible move for Alaba from Bayern Munich and now this 22-year old from Benfica, Surely, with Kieran Gibbs, Nacho Monreal and Thomas Vermaelen as emergency cover, left back is one of our strongest positions. Is there a problem that we don’t know about?  ...........Read more

Nicklas Bendtner is sure to be amongst one of the players the majority of Arsenal fans want to see the back of this summer and it looks as if we may soon get our wish, with several media outlets, including the reliable Sky Sports reporting that Arsenal have agreed fees with several clubs for the Denmark international.

Bendtner himself recently stated that he had six clubs across Europe interested in his services and it seems as if he isn’t lying; with three of those clubs reportedly agree respective fees with the Gunners. Bendtner himself has stated; “I will make that choice within the next 14 days. They are all good clubs. It is a hugely important choice I’m faced with. I must go where I am wanted. As a footballer, there is only one thing that can make you happy: playing time.”  ...........Read more

Get ready to be happy Arsenal fans. Although I will not actually believe it is really true until it is finally all done and dusted, it looks like the Gunners will finally get rid of the blank firing, self publicist that is Nicklas Bendtner.

Maybe the not so great Dane has finally realised that the biggest clubs in the world are not desperate to sign him after all, or maybe he finally feels a bit guilty about trousering over £50,000 a week from Arsenal only to run us down any chance he gets, although I doubt it.  ...........Read more